Speech Communication 212
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Spring, 2007
A WebCT Vista Supported Course
Dr. LaWare
mlaware@iastate.edu
308B Carver Hall, Tues. 1-3, and
by appt.
294-1346
So the teaching of communication will always be with us in some honored or fugitive place just as it has
been with us for twenty centuries or more. It will be with us for the most fundamental of reasons: Freedom
goes to the articulate. After all, with effective communication I decide who will pay me or love me or vote
for me. With effective communication I decide if my people will continue to suffer social discrimination or
joblessness or mental distress. With effective communication I decide who will share my truths, honor my
gods, appreciate my history.
Dr. Roderick Hart, University of Texas at Austin
Welcome to the fundamentals of public speaking. In this course you will work to develop
practical skills for success such as how to build a speech that people will want to hear and how to
deliver it so they’ll want to hear more. You will also work to develop skills for life such as
rhetorical sensitivity, critical thinking and self-confidence. Like any class concerned with
communication skills you can expect to discover new things about yourself as well as others.
Below are some of the critical things you need to know to succeed in this course. Additional
course policies, descriptions of assignments, and essential information are available in the
following required texts available in the bookstores.
1) Stephen E. Lucas, The Art of Public Speaking, 9th edition. McGraw-Hill,
2007, with CD-ROM.
2) Amy R. Slagell, Speech Communication 212 Workbook, 9th edition.
McGraw-Hill/Primis, 2006.
Assignments:
Exams and Classwork Assignments:
Exams 30% [three Exams; lowest exam score is dropped]
Classwork 20%
Major Speaking Assignments:
Informative Speech
15%
Persuasive Speech
20%
Special Occasion Speech 15%
How to Succeed:
Rule #1: Attend Class.
By coming to class regularly you will learn the expectations and criteria for each assignment as
well as learning the strategies that will help you succeed. We want you to develop confidence as
a communicator; we want you to do well, but you need to be here for those two things to happen.
Attendance in Lecture and Lab will let you practice your listening and speaking skills.
Excellent attendance will help you succeed. First, you will get the information you need and,
second, you will earn bonus classwork points. Attendance will be taken daily in Lab meetings
and randomly during Lecture meetings through collection of assigned exercises or quizzes. 0
misses earns a 10 point bonus; one absence a 6 point bonus, 2 misses a 3 point bonus. Because
these are points for attendance, they cannot be “made up” even if the absence is excused.
Poor attendance will hurt your potential for success. First, you will miss the information you
need to do well, and, second, you will lose classwork points. For every recorded lecture or lab
absence beyond 5 you will lose 5 points per day in addition to whatever points you missed the
opportunity to earn during that class session.
Rule # 2: Do Assignments on Time.
The speaking assignments are carefully scheduled to give everyone an equal amount of speaking
time during the semester. The exercises and worksheets all aim to help you develop the skills you
need to complete major assignments successfully. Keep up with your daily work and reading and
you can do well.
Speeches must be delivered on the day assigned (sign up day for speeches is September 13);
simple failure to show up on your speaking day can result in an "F" on the speech. Should
extraordinary circumstances arise and you decide you cannot speak on the day assigned, you must
be in contact with your lab instructor before class to discuss arrangements and their consequences
(penalty is typically a full letter grade deduction for each class period the speech is late). Should
a scheduling conflict arise, you can usually arrange to give a speech early without penalty.
All 3 major speeches (Informative, Persuasive, and Special Occasion) must be delivered in order
to pass the course.
Turn in your written assignments either through WebCT Vista or to your instructor as directed.
Unexcused late written work will not earn classwork points, but you must still turn in assignments
like speech topic forms in order to get feedback from your instructor.
Outlines for the informative and persuasive speeches and the manuscripts for the special occasion
speech are to be typed and carefully proofread. Draft outlines are due on workshop days; Final
outlines are due at the beginning of class on the day your speech is due.
Rule # 3: Use the Resources Available to Help You
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Use the SpCm 212 Workbook regularly.
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Check the WebCT Vista site regularly for grades, information and assignments.
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Use the Textbook and CD-ROM to help you learn.
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Go to the library, use the Expanded Academic Index and the Instruction Commons
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Rely on your lab instructor, classmates and lecturer to help.
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Maximize your classwork points; plan ahead and earn bonus points to learn more.
If you need accommodations to help you succeed in this class talk to Dr. Slagell during
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office hours and be sure to visit the Disabilities Resources Office, room 1076 Student
Services Building (phone: 294-6624).
Rule # 4: Stay Honest
You aren’t a liar or cheater, don’t become one in this class. Students suspected of Academic
Dishonesty or of Plagiarism will need to meet with their instructor and the course lecturer and the
case will be turned over to the Dean of Students Office. See pp. 19-20, 22, 51-52 in the
Workbook, Chapters 2 and 6 of the textbook and the CD-ROM guide to bibliographic citations
for information about research and citing sources both orally and in written forms so you can
avoid these charges.
The temptation to cheat sometimes comes from lack of self-confidence, often comes from being
overwhelmed with demands on your time and occasionally comes from a lack of respect for the
assignment. If you find yourself facing any of these causes, talk to your lab instructor or the
course lecturer before the assignment is due so we can point you to more constructive solutions.
We are seriously committed to helping you become a better communicator.
January 2007
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
8 LECTURE
10 LECTURE
12 LAB
Nuts and Bolts: What is
expected, how it works and
how you can do well.
What you may need to know to
be a good public speaker.
Workbook (W): read pp. 4-8.
Textbook (T) : read ch.1 and
do ex. 2, p. 29.
WEBCT: Submit background
survey.
Meet your lab classmates.
Discuss Ethics and
Introductory Speech
Assignment.
W: bring to class.
T: read ch. 2; do ex. 3 b or
c, p. 52.
15
17 LAB
19 LAB
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day
No Class
Introductory Speeches
Finish Introductory
Speeches
Introduce Paired
Perspectives
W: do assignment p. 9,
Take PRPSA on WebCT
this week!
W: read pp. 12-13
T: read ch. 4, do ex. 4 p.
108.
22 LECTURE
24 LECTURE
26 LAB
Informative Speaking:
Where do you start?
Informative Speaking:
How do move from point to
point? How do you begin
and end?
How do you build an
outline? Paired Perspectives
Preparation
QUIZ 1 (chs. 1, 4, and 8)
W: read pp. 16-20.
T: read ch. 8 & pp. 372383; do ex. 1 pp. 224.
T: read ch. 9 and pp. 254262.
W: Do Booker T.
Washington outline, ex.,
p. 32.
31 LAB
29 LAB
Paired Perspectives
Paired Perspective Speeches
Speeches.
T: read ch. 3, do ex. 1 p. 71.
Sign up for Speaking Days for
the rest of the term
T: Do Power of Public
Speaking, p. 269
W: read pp. 21-26.
WebCT: Informative Speech
Topic Form.
See February
February 2007
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
2 LECTURE
See January Calendar
Above
How to keep the audience’s
interest and attention?
Develop your ideas!
W: Do p. 35, for the speech on
pp. 36-37.
T: Read pp. 383-395 (ch. 14)
7 LECTURE
Exam I (chs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 8
and 10)
9 LAB
In Lecture hall at regular
class time.
T: Read pp. 263-267
W: Read pp. 27-31
14 LAB
Deliver Info. Speeches
16 LAB
Deliver Info. Speeches
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and W: p. 97.
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and W: p. 97.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 99, 101.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 99, 101.
19 LAB
21 LAB
23 LAB
Deliver Info. Speeches
Deliver Info. Speeches
Deliver Info. Speeches
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and W: p. 97.
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and W: p. 97.
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and W: p. 97.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 99, 101.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 99, 101.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 99, 101.
26 LECTURE
28 LECTURE
See March
Introduction to Persuasive
Speaking. How do you get
started?
How do you organize ideas
your ideas to make them
persuasive?
QUIZ #2 (Chs. 15 & 16)
T: Read ch. 16: Do ex. 4, p.
429-430 and ex. 2 p. 465.
W: Read pp. 63-67
5 LECTURE
How to keep the audience’s
attention and interest?
Use strong delivery and visual
aids!
T: read chs. 12 & 13; view
sample speeches on CD-ROM
12 LAB
Informative Speech
workshop
W: Bring to class and bring 2
copies of your preparation
outline for the Informative
Speech
T: read ch. 15; do ex. 2 p. 429.
W: review pp. 44-46.
Delivery Exercises
March 2007
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
2 LECTURE
See February calendar
above.
How do you prove your point?
Use support materials and
reasoning!
T: Read chs. 7. Do ex. 1, p.
201-202.
WebCT: Persuasive
SpeechTopic form due by
6 p.m. tonight.
5 LAB
7 LECTURE
9 No Class
Persuasive Speech Exercises
Persuasive Speaking: How do
you pull it all together?
Day to work on persuasive
speeches.
T: Read ch.6
W: Read pp. 57-62 and 68-72.
W: Do p. 49 (Analyzing the
Persuasive Speech Topic).
12-16
spring break enjoy!
19 LAB
21 LAB
23 LAB
Persausive Speech Exercises
Workshop I
W: Turn in pp. 53-54;
Read pp. 51-56.
Speakers for the first 3 days of
persuasive speeches come to
Lab with 2 copies of
completed preparation outlines
for workshop activities.
Persuasive Speech Delivery:
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and p. 103.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 105, 107.
W: Bring workshop session.
26 LAB
28 LAB
30 LECTURE
Persuasive Speech Delivery:
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and p. 103.
Persuasive Speech Delivery:
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and p. 103.
EXAM 2 (chs. 12, 13, 6, 7,
15, 16)
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 105, 107.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 105, 107.
In Lecture hall at regular
lecture class time.
April 2007
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
2 LAB
4 LAB
6 LAB
Workshop II
Persuasive Speech Delivery:
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and p. 103.
Persuasive Speech Delivery:
Speakers bring 2 copies of
final outline and p. 103.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 105, 107.
Critics: bring peer critique
forms, W: pp. 105, 107.
9 LECTURE
11 LECTURE
13 LAB
Speaking on Special
Occasions.
Speaking on Special
Occasions: Language Use.
Workshop on Special
Occasion Speeches
T: Read ch. 17, esp. pp. 475482.
W: Read pp. 76-88.
T: read ch. 11, do exercise 3
p. 296.
W: Do “Stylistic Devices
Exercise,” pp. 90-92.
Speakers for the last 2 days of
persuasive speeches come to
Lab with 2 copies of
completed preparation outlines
for workshop activities.
W: Bring to workshop session.
WebCT: Topic form due by
tonight.
18 LECTURE
16 LAB
Impromptu Speeches
W; p. 118.
Course Summary
20 LAB
Special Occasion Speeches
Workshop:
Bring 2 copies of special
occasion speech manuscript
23 LAB
25 LAB
27 LAB
Special Occasion Speeches:
Speakers, bring 2 copies of
final manuscript and pp.
109/111.
Special Occasion Speeches:
Speakers, bring 2 copies of
final manuscript and pp.
109/111.
Special Occasion Speeches:
Speakers, bring 2 copies of
final manuscript and pp.
109/111.
Critics bring W, pp. 113, 115.
WebCT: Retake the PRPSA
survey this week.
Critics bring W, pp. 113, 115.
Critics bring W, pp. 113, 115.
April 30 – May 4 2007 (Finals Week)
Monday
30
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
IN LECTURE
HALL
7:30 – 9:30
Tentative: FINAL
EXAM for lecture
section B (the 3
o’clock lecture,
sections 15-27.
Thursday
3 IN LECTURE
HALL
12:00 – 2:00
Tentative: FINAL
EXAM for lecture
section A (the 2
o’clock lecture,
sections 1-14).
Friday
4